The structure of the complex of plastocyanin and cytochrome f, determined by paramagnetic NMR and restrained rigid-body molecular dynamics.
Ubbink, M., Ejdeback, M., Karlsson, B.G., Bendall, D.S.(1998) Structure 6: 323-335
- PubMed: 9551554 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0969-2126(98)00035-5
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
2PCF - PubMed Abstract: 
The reduction of plastocyanin by cytochrome f is part of the chain of photosynthetic electron transfer reactions that links photosystems II and I. The reaction is rapid and is influenced by charged residues on both proteins. Previously determined structures show that the plastocyanin copper and cytochrome f haem redox centres are some distance apart from the relevant charged sidechains, and until now it was unclear how a transient electrostatic complex can be formed that brings the redox centres sufficiently close for a rapid reaction.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, England. m.ubbink@chem.leidenuniv.nl